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Panthers win first playoff game since 2010

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The Saint Jo Panthers played Aquilla on Friday at Scurry-Rosser in the program’s first bi-district playoff game since 2010.
The Panthers took a double digit lead in the first quarter and got better as the game went on, eventually ending the game early due to mercy rule with a little more than two minutes left in the game, winning 66-20.
The game started with the Cougars receiving the opening kickoff and marching down the field in 11 plays to score the first touchdown on a short run to take a 6-0 lead.
While Aquilla took almost five minutes off the clock, Saint Jo wasted little time in its response. On the second play running back Logan Brawner broke loose for a 35-yard touchdown. The good kick put the Panthers in front 8-6.
Saint Jo’s defense then stepped up. Taking advantage of a holding call that moved the ball back, the Panthers defense did a good job containing the Cougar’s shifty playmaker Connor McCurd three straight plays to force a turnover on downs.
Two plays later Brawner was in the end zone again scoring on a 15-yard run making the lead 16-6 still in the first quarter.
Saint Jo put itself in good position to extend the lead as it recovered the onside kick right after. Unfortunately, Aquilla was able to stop the Panthers offense near midfield as the first quarter came to an end.
At the start of the second quarter Saint Jo forced and recovered a fumble on a fourth and short play. After driving down into the Cougar’s territory, quarterback Eli Jones found Logan Morman open for a 23-yard touchdown pass. The kick made the score 24-6.
Aquilla tried to change some things up on offense as McCurdy looked to pass. It did not work on the next drive as Chance Bennett intercepted the pass.
Jones had a big run and dumped a pass off to Brawner to get the ball close. Brawner then scored on a run to up the lead to 30-6.
On the next drive the Cougars went away from McCurdy. They found success and a personal foul call on the defense got the ball within the 10-yard line where Aquilla scored on a short run. The kick was good to cut the lead to 30-14.
Things looked to get interesting as the Panthers fumbled the ball away on their next possession on their own 25 yard line. With a little more than a minute to go, the Cougars could make it a one score game before halftime if they scored.
Aquilla got down to Saint Jo’s one yard line where the Panthers held them as time expired, keeping the score at 30-14.
Saint Jo started the second half on a good note. Receiving the ball first, Jones hit Pepe Gam for a 51-yard touchdown pass, upping the lead to 37-14.
The Cougars would not go away. With the Panthers defense looking like they might force another turnover on downs, on a fourth and seven McCurdy completed a miracle pass over the top for a 42-yard touchdown pass. It made the score 37-20, but from then on it was all Saint Jo.
Brawner scored four more rushing touchdowns as the defense forced two turnovers on downs and Jones intercepted a pass. The final touchdown from Brawner was a 50-yard run that stopped the game due to mercy rule with 2:20 left to play. The Panthers won 66-20.

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Jackrabbits blow out City View

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The Bowie Jackrabbits beat down City View on the road on Monday by run-rule to pick up a district win.
The Jackrabbits won 15-0 after five innings due to run-rule as they dominated against the Mustangs.
Bowie was coming off a close loss at Holliday in a game it nearly came back to win, so took out its frustration on a struggling City View team.
The Jackrabbits got going early as Troy Kesey hit a solo home run with two outs to get a rally going for the team. Two batters later Edmond De Leon hit a two-run home run.
Rayder Mann hit a ground ball to third base that resulted in an error that drove in a run. Cy Egenbacher then hit an RBI single to put Bowie up 5-0 before the Mustangs had even hit.
After a scoreless second inning, the Jackrabbits got back going in the third. Boston Farris and Seth Mann both hit a two RBI doubles.
Kesey and Hayden Rodriguez followed with RBI singles to make it 11-0 for Bowie.
The Jackrabbits kept the pressure in the fourth inning. Farris hit a three-run home run and Kesey later drove in another run with a double to make it 15-0 for Bowie.
The game continued into the fifth inning and City View needed to score at least six runs to keep the game going. The Mustangs broke up Kesey’s no-hitter on the mound with three straight singles to load the bases up with no outs.
Kesey finished strong, striking out the next two batters before inducing a fly ball to center field for the final out.
The Jackrabbits won 15-0.

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Baseball Roundup

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Nocona
The Nocona Indians got some revenge by beating Perrin-Whitt on Thursday at home.
The Indians won 5-3 to hopefully make up for losing the previous game in the final inning against the Pirates.
Nocona had lost two days earlier to Perrin-Whitt 3-2 after leading for the entire game until the final inning.
The second game it was the Pirates that led for the majority of the game, leading 2-1 after the first inning. The Indians tied the score 2-2 after the third inning, but Perrin-Whitt got the lead back in the fourth inning with one run to make it 4-3.
Nocona took control in the sixth inning when Wesley Murpehy drove in two runs with a double. Brody Langford followed him with an RBI single to double the Indians score and put them up 6-4.
This time around, Nocona’s defense held on in the final inning, allowing only one base runner before closing the game with little trouble.

Missing scores
Scores from Saint Jo and Bellevue are not updated due to games being delayed due to weather late last week.

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Bowie softball season comes to an end

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The Bowie Lady Rabbits came up just short of winning their final game at City View on Friday.
The Lady Mustangs held off a furious Lady Rabbits rally in the seventh inning to scrape out a win 11-10.
Bowie was entering the game knowing it was the last game of the season no matter what so it came out loose and ready.
The Lady Rabbits took control early. Chloe Kinney scored due to an error trying to pick her off. Sage Gossett hit a single that drove in one run and an error on the throw allowed another run to score.
Several batters later, Beau Combs and Victoria Cox both hit RBI singles to make it 5-0 for Bowie.
The Lady Mustangs scored two runs to make cut the lead to 5-2 after the first inning.
Bowie scored one run in the second inning when Serenity Klump was able to score from third base due to an error by the catcher. City View equaled that run in the same inning with an RBI double.
After the teams exchanged scoreless innings in the third and fourth, things picked up in the fifth inning.
Kaylie Kinney hit an RBI double with two outs to extend Bowie’s lead to 7-3.
The Lady Mustangs answered with a huge inning to get back in the game. Three singles and two errors allowed City View to score four runs and tie the score up at 7-7.
After the Lady Rabbits offense could not get anything going in the sixth inning, the Lady Mustangs picked up where they left off.
Five straight singles, one walk and a passed ball allowed City View to score four more runs to take the lead 11-7 heading into the final inning.
With Bowie down to its last three outs of the season, the team buckled up to get something going.
Cox hit a one out double. Chloe Kinney followed with a single that drove her in. After a strikeout and Kinney advancing to second base after a passed ball, Klump drove her in with a double.
After a walk, Gossett came through and hit a single that drove in one more run to cut City View’s lead to one run.
With the tying run in scoring position, Bowie was in good condition but was also down to its last out.
Unfortunately, the next batter struck out looking to end the game and the Lady Rabbits season.
City View won 11-10.

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